VANYA CHAN
CURRICULUM VITAE
Biography_____________ _ ___
Birthdate
Birthplace
Nationality
Languages____________ _ ___
Mother Tongue
Other Spoken Languages
Registered Architect____ _ ___
Royal Dutch Institute of Architects
Bayerische Architektenkammer
Other Certifications_____ _ ___
Passive House Designer
PHPP Expert
DGNB Consultant
23.03.1980
Hong Kong
Canadian
Hong Kong SAR with China Visa
German Visa & working permit
English
Cantonese spoken
German (B2/C1 level)
1.070515.030
192.401
| DGNB Consultant
| DGNB Registered Professional
| Certified PHPP Expert
| Darmstadt | Certified Passive House Designer
| Darmstadt | Certified Passive House Designer & Consultant Course
| Online | Passive House Fundamentals Online Course
| Darmstadt | Introduction to Passivhaus standards
| Thermal Bridge Workshop | Thermal Bridge Analysis & Calculation
| Toronto & online | 2 of 3 courses to Real Estate as a Professional
| Distance Learning | Introduction to Valuation
| Thesis: Architecture and Modernity -
Border Conditions | Gibraltar & Ceuta |
Border Conditions - book launched | 23.09.2010 |
| Semester Exchange with TU Vienna -
Austria, February 2002 |
| Ontario Secondary School Diploma
Education_____________ _ ___
DGNB - Germany 2021-2023
(German Sustainable Building Council)
Passivhaus Institute - Germany 2016 - 2028
Bayern Energie - Germany 2018
Real Estate as a Professional
OREA College - Canada - 2014
Introduction to Valuation
RICS - United Kingdom - 2011
Intl M. Architecture
TU Delft - Netherlands - 2006
B. Architecture
McGill University - Canada - 2003
Middle-High School
St Clement´s School - Canada - 1999
Windows / Mac
Word, Powerpoint, Excel
Photoshop, Illustrator
InDesign, Acrobat
Auto- & Archi-CAD
Microstation, Sketchup with DesignPH & Enscape
Architectural and Natural
Renderings & Touchups
Graphic Design & Illustrations
Digital Capabilities_____________ _ ___
PC
Microsoft Office
Adobe
Drafting & 3D
Compatible with similar programs to above
Arts & Graphics________ _ ___
Watercolour & Ink
Photoshop
Illustrator
Work Experience_______ _ ___
Passive House Institute | 12. 2023 - Present | Darmstadt, Germany | Building Certification
NEST Architekten | 03. 2018 - 11.2023 | Munich, Germany | Architect, PHPP Designer, DGNB Consultant
| 2022 - Present | Untere Angerlohe, Munich | Multifamily home with PHPP analysis |
Schematic Design - | HOAI Phase 4-5 |
| 2021 - Present | Gratlspitzstraße, Munich | Multifamily home
design to Passive House & DGNB Standard | Concept Design, HOAI Phase 1-5 |
| 2021 - 2023 | Ilmstrasse, Munich | Residential new build (Row house)
design to Passive House Standard | Concept Design - Completion, HOAI Phase 1-9 |
| 2018 - 2020 | Prinz-Eugen-Park WA3 West, Munich | Residential new
build to Passive House Standard | Detail Design - Completion, HOAI Phase 3, 5-9 |
| 2018 | Prinz-Eugen-Park WA8 Ost, Munich | Residential new
build to Passivhaus Standard | Interior & Completion, HOAI Phase 7-9 |
Self Employed - Freelance Work | 08. 2012 - 2018 | Toronto & Germany
| 2017 - 2021 | Eichmühle Restaurant, Bavaria
Addition of Apartments & Office to Restaurant above | Designer |
| 2015 | The Farmhouse, Ontario | Single Detached Home
Concept Design | Designer
| 2015 - 2018 | Wen's Residence, Ontario | Single Detached Home
Concept Design - Waiting Permit | Designer
| 2015 - 2018 | Ashbury Lane, Ontario | Cottage Extension
Concept - Detail Design | Designer
| 2012-2015 | Kensington Drive, Ontario | Single Detached Home
Concept - Completion| Designer | +11,000 sf, Energuide rating 89
| 2012 | Issy Dental, Houston USA |
Concept & Scematic Design | Designer
Aedas Shanghai | 09. 2011 - 07. 2012 | Shanghai, China | Senior Architect
| 2012 | Tishman Speyer Mix Use Development, Chengdu
Schematic Design, Envelop Design | Architect
| 2011 | JinGiaSha Residential Development, Leshan
Concept & Master Layout | Project Architect
RMJM Asia | 03. 2007 - 09. 2010 | Hong Kong | Architect
| 2009-2010 | Admiralty Station Extension, HK
Schematic to Construction Documentations | 4-8 members team
Designed & Coordinated new public & BOH vertical elements including
33 escalators, 6 public stairs, 50 BOH stairs and 6 lifts
Assisted in the design of the central atrium and all FOH coordination
| 2009 | Zhuyuan Finance Center, Shanghai
Competition | 4-8 members team
3D massing, studies & sectional development
| 2008-2009 | China Construction Bank Tower, Ningbo
Concept Design | 8-10 members team | GFA 89,500sq m
3D massing & space planning
| 2008 | Anchor Towers - Maritime City, Dubai
Competition | 5-8 members team
Sectional development
| 2007-2008 | Sands Casino Parcel 7 & 8, Macau
Concept to Detail Design | fluctuating 5-100 members team
Developed podium plans in coordination with façade, section and tower subteams
Participated in Las Vegas/San Francisco team of 5-10 to accommodate the need to
liaison with the client and consultants in the United States
(stationed in USA: July, Sept - Nov, 2007)
| 2007 | China Merchant Bank, Shanghai
Schematic Design | 5-10 members team
Studies on environmental issues for LEED design
Joseph Bogdan Associates | 08. 2003 - 06. 2004 | TorontoArchitectural | Intern Assistant
| Worked with ACAD, Pagemaker, Photoshop to produce brochures
for international project promotions of Sharjah Science Center (250,000 sqm) &
Lesna 2 Development, Moscow (89,000 sqm)
| Developed plans for urban design reports & guidelines, studying
economic and environmental trends of sites over 2,000 ha
Wong Tung & Partners | 01 - 02. 2002 | Hong Kong | Intern Architectural Trainee
| 2002 | Administration Building, HK Movie City Project, HK
HKD$600 million | completed 2004
Elevations & Sectional development
Other Works___________ _ ___
Interior Design
2009 | Kowloon, HK
RMJM | office layout and renovation ren
2003 | Kowloon, HK
Villa Carleton | Furniture design
Other Designs Custom invitation & paper sets
Floral Arrangements
Volunteering__________ _ ___
Die Münchner Tafel
09. 2013 - 12. 2013 | Munich, Germany
Sort and redistribute donated foods to
people in need throughout Munich
IVHQ
10. 2010 - 12. 2010 | Carpio, Costa Rica
Renovation & Construction of a
school in Carpio Slum
Habitat for Humanity
07. 2010 | Ulaanbatar, Mongolia
Houseleader in construction of 1 of 30
brick houses in Bluesky Build
CECES
2008 - 2009 | Kowloon, Hong Kong
Helping in reading clinic at Ping Shek
Catholic School for underprivileged students